Cash-carrier



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1. F. G. PERKINS & G. H. KELLEY.

CASH CARRIER.

Patented May 19, 1885.

(No Model.) 2 Shets-Sheet 2, F. O. PERKINS & G. H. KELLEY.

CASH CARRIER.

' No. 318,287. Patented May 19, 1885.

ill/l4 a VII/ll I Unreal) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS G. PERKINS, OF SOMERVILLE, AND CHARLES H. KELLEY, OF REVERE,MASSACHUSETTS.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.318,287, dated May 19,1885.

Application filed April .20, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANCIS O. PERKINS, of Somerville, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, and CHARLES H. KEL- LEY, ofRevere, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cash Carriers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 represents an elevation of a cashcarrierin position for use on a track embodying our invention, the-cash-boxbeing raised. Fig. 2 is a similar elevation with the cash-box dropped,small port-ions being represented as broken out the better to illustratethe invention. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of a portion of the track.Fig. 4. is an elevation of the apparatus with the cash-box raised. Fig.5 is a transverse vertical section on line as, Fig. 1.

A is the track,of the peculiar shape shown, such shape being in crosssection what is termed clover-leaf.

B B are balls or round wheels having bearings, in substantially thevmanner shown, in the frame 0, (see Fig. 5,) which supports the carrier.The two upper of these balls rest upon the track, each ball coming incontact therewith at two pointsviz., at one side of the highestconvexity or clover-leaf, and upon the upper side of one of the twolower convexitics, leaving, of course, the depression between saidconvexities untouched. The low est ball does not touch the track unlessthe supporting-frame G lifts or jumps, when this ball acts as asafety-ball by striking the under side of the track.

There are two frames 0, connected by the bar 0, to which bar is rigidlysecured,or with which is made integral, the lower bifurcated frame, 0,provided with the handles 0.

D is a swinging bar, pivoted at d to the frame 0, and having pivotallysecured to its opposite end the cash-box E, constructed in the ordinarymanner. The upper or pivoted end of the bar D is broadened or providedwith a cross piece, D, the object of which is described below.

F is an elbow or bent arm, pivotally secured at F to the frame 0, and,whcn the cash-box (No model.)

is raised, dropping by gravity and resting upon the ledge e, (see Fig.4,) extending from said frame. The upper end of this elbow is benthorizontally at f.

H is a catch or latch, pivoted at h to the 5 frame 0, and adapted tocatch over the pin 9 projecting from the bar D.

I I are horizontal rods provided with spiral springs J J, which liebetween the pins K K upon said rods and the frames LL, extending fromthe frame 0, and also provided with the balls M M at their outer ends.The parts H I J K L M are not new in this invention.

The operation of the device is as follows: Propelling power beingapplied to the carrier in any desired manner, when it reaches a stationone of the balls M strikes any convenient projection and swings back thecatch H from the pin 9, thus allowing the cash-box E to drop by gravityand the bar D to swing down into said bar from swinging by, a stop, Z,is built upon the under sideof said elbow. To return the carrier thecash-box G is lifted and the pin 9 caught in the catch H, when the elbowF drops by gravity into the position shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the cloverleaf track A, of substantiallythe shape shown and described.

2. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the track, of two ballshaving bearings in the supporting-frame and resting nponlopposite sidesof said track, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the track and asupporting-frame adapted to travel upon the same, of a safety-ballhaving hearings in said frame beneath said track, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the clover-leaf track A, the supporting-frame O,and the balls B, having bearings in said frame and arranged relativelyto the track in' the positions specified, substantially as and for thepurpose qescribed.

5. In a cash-carrier, the combination, with the track and thesupporting-frame, of a brake pivotally secured to the carrier, and acash box supporter which strikes said brake and forces it against theunder side of said track when it drops at a station.

6. The combination of the track, the frame,

the elbow 'F, pivotally secured to said frame, and the swinging bar D,provided with the broadened end or cross-piece D, substantially- FRANCISO. PERKINS. CHARLES H. KELLEY.

' 'Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMs, J. M. HARTNETT.

